DIAPHRAGMATIC FUNCTIONAL ABNORMALITY IN T HE SMALL LUNG OF SYSTEMIC ERYTHEMATOSUS LUPUS

Authors
FORNS X FONT J MONTSERRAT JM INGELMO M
Citation
X. Forns et al., DIAPHRAGMATIC FUNCTIONAL ABNORMALITY IN T HE SMALL LUNG OF SYSTEMIC ERYTHEMATOSUS LUPUS, Revista Clinica Espanola, 193(4), 1993, pp. 176-178
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Revista Clinica Espanola → ACNP
ISSN journal
00142565
Volume
193
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
176 - 178
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-2565(1993)193:4<176:DFAITH>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Functional respiratory disorders in patients with systemic lupus eryth ematosus (SLE) have been previously reviewed. We report a patient with SLE who developed progressive dyspnea with a restrictive pattern in t he functional respiratory tests, and diaphragmatic disfunction. Sympto ms and functional tests improved after a treatment with steroids. We a lso review the pathophysiologic mechanisms of this disorder.